Sunday, May 19, 2013
A selection of Teaneck news and events to watch for this week
Here's a brief look at some events and news to watch for this week in Teaneck: - County officials plan to remove a historic old oak tree that has stood over Cedar Lane and Palisade Avenue for at least 250 years, Patch reported on Friday. In an inspection report, a certified tree expert said the tree was decaying and should be chopped down for safety reasons. The Puffin Foundation, which donated money to protect the tree, has hired its own expert. Still, a county official told Patch the tree would be removed by Memorial Day. Check back with Patch for updates as the story develops this week. - Teaneck will honor various local volunteers Tuesday night at Teaneck High School. The event starts at 7 p.m. The regularly scheduled town council …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Teaneck
The state Local Finance Board has approved Teaneck's application to issue refunding bonds to cover $2.2 million in tax appeals, Township Manager William Broughton said Wednesday. Three alleged thieves linked to Bergen County's "James Bond Gang" were indicted this week in Sussex County on charges stemming from a burglary in Sparta, the New Jersey Herald reported Thursday. Leevan Lawrence, 31, of Englewood, Courry Rice, 30, of Hackensack, and the crew's purported ringleader, 32-year-old Jerry Montgomery of Teaneck, were charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, and fourth-degree criminal mischief, according to the report. A plan to build a Holocaust memorial and education…
Sunday, March 31, 2013
A look at the week's top stories in Teaneck
A former waiter at Louie's Charcoal Pit, which closed last year, is set to open a new restaurant next month not far from the longtime Teaneck landmark. The new diner-style eatery, called Al's Charcoal Pit, will open at what was Mabat Steakhouse at Cedar Lane and Elm Avenue, and be run by the popular Louie's staffer K. M. S. Alom, known to most customers as Al. The Township Council’s introduced $70.6 million budget has drawn criticism from some residents over the town’s handling of $2.2 million in tax rebates and prompted a push for spending cuts. The school board has opted not to outsource some instructional paraprofessionals, lunchroom aides and substitute teachers, but left open the possibility of using outside staffers as district …
Monday, March 18, 2013
A look at some stories to watch for this week in Teaneck
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Monday, March 18
Teaneck's zoning board on Thursday will continue hearing testimony in a developer's plan to build a Walgreens store in place of three Cedar Lane properties. Win Development LLC has submitted plans to build the Walgreens at the former Louie's Charcoal Pit, the vacant Davis Toys and corner gas station Larry's Friendly Service. The plans call for the existing buildings to be torn down to make way for the 10,000 square foot pharmacy and a 26 space parking lot. The developer appeared before a zoning board meeting last month, but the presentations were continued. Some residents and Cedar Lane merchants have criticized the plan, saying the proposed Walgreens is entering a crowded market and would not fit in with other stores in the area. If …
Sunday, March 17, 2013
A look back at the week's top Teaneck stories
A 16-year-old former Teaneck High School student turned himself in Wednesday and was charged in the armed robbery at a Teaneck Dunkin' Donuts, Chief Robert Wilson announced Thursday. Investigators have seized $1 million and identified 13 victims in the probe of a Teaneck-based businessman accused of running a loan scheme, according to authorities and a published report. Amir Landsman, 45, the owner of H Capital, was arrested Tuesday morning in Englewood on his way to work at the Glenpointe office complex, authorities have said. He allegedly assessed borrowers as much as 150 percent in annual interest and was charged with one count of criminal usury. Teaneck officials are reviewing options for the rundown former Police Athletic League …
Saturday, February 2, 2013
A look at the ten most read Teaneck stories of January 2013
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Saturday, February 2
Click the headline to read more The Teaneck man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death and smothering her 5-year-old daughter after the child witnessed her mother's murder pleaded not guilty at a packed state Superior Court hearing in Hackensack Thursday. A 34-year-old Teaneck man stabbed his girlfriend to death and smothered her 5-year-old daughter with a plastic bag after the child witnessed her mother's grisly murder in Englewood, authorities said Wednesday. A 40-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times in her Englewood home and her 5-year-old daughter appeared to have been asphyxiated in a double murder, authorities said Tuesday from the grisly crime scene. A former teacher at a Paramus Yeshiva who worked with youth in Teaneck…
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
A look back at the most clicked stories of December 2012
Teaneck firefighters extricated a man from a mangled car after a single-vehicle crash on Route 4 east Saturday morning. A major drug store chain could open at the recently closed Louie’s Charcoal Pit on Cedar Lane and two other adjoining properties, according to town officials. A month-long investigation has led to the arrest of three Teaneck men in the November gunpoint robbery of a Lodi gas station, the prosecutor’s office announced today. A Teaneck frozen yogurt shop announced Tuesday night that it would close this month, the latest Cedar Lane merchant to shut down in recent weeks. The long-awaited insect-themed museum and entertainment center on Windsor Road will open to the public Saturday. The center, called World of Wings, is …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Hackensack River rescue, closure of landmark diner and charges in Teaneck slaying among the most clicked stories of 2012.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
About a hundred Teaneck residents have claimed fraudulent charges on their credit cards since Wednesday, leading township police to urge residents to officially report the alleged activity. A jealous husband was behind the killing of a Teaneck man who was found shot to death last year in his charred Elm Avenue home, authorities charged Friday. Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, 49, faces first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and aggravated arson charges in the March 2011 death of Robert Cantor, according to a statement released Friday night by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. A sixth-grade teacher at Yeshivat Noam inParamus was in custody Thursday after FBI agents found hundreds of videos and images depicting child pornography on his …
Sunday, December 23, 2012
A look back at the week's top stories in Teaneck
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
A 19-year-old Bogota man faces charges he struck a police officer after he was caught fleeing a jewelry store robbery on Cedar Lane Wednesday, authorities said. A Teaneck frozen yogurt shop announced Tuesday night that it would close this month, the latest Cedar Lane merchant to shut down in recent weeks. Yo Boys Frozen Yogurt said Dec. 30. would be its last day in Teaneck. Public Service Electric and Gas will begin work to upgrade a decades-old power substation in Teaneck early next month, the company said Wednesday. Crime in Teaneck declined in 2011 over the previous year, according to recently released state police data. The 604 overall incidents reported in 2011 was down from 678 in 2010, the state Uniform Crime Report showed. …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
A look back at the week's top stories in Teaneck
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
A major drug store chain could open at the recently closed Louie’s Charcoal Pit on Cedar Lane and two other adjoining properties, according to town officials. Councilman Yitz Stern told Patch an unnamed pharmacy chain had filed an application with the town’s zoning board to build a store at the Louie’s site, an adjacent storefront and the nextdoor gas station at Cedar Lane and Elm Avenue. Township police say a man held up two teenagers at knifepoint on North Street Thursday evening, making off with an iPhone. A Bergen County jury on Thursday acquitted a Queens man on charges he killed two men on a street in Teaneck, but convicted him on drug distribution conspiracy and hindering apprehension charges, northjersey.com reported. …
Peter Cammarano
9:23 am on Monday, April 15, 2013
A memorial building should not be built in a public park dedicated for everyone's use. more ›